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Supervisors press mayor after Tenderloin center closure; request funding and timeline for wellness hubs
Summary
Supervisors pressed Mayor Breed for a plan after the Tenderloin Linkage Center closed Dec. 5; they asked for an immediate commitment to open wellness hubs and for near-term funding to avoid a gap in services.
Supervisor Dean Preston pressed Mayor London Breed on Dec. 13 over the city's overdose-prevention strategy after the Tenderloin Linkage Center closed on Dec. 5.
Preston told the mayor that the linkage center and planned wellness hubs were described in the Department of Public Health's September overdose prevention plan as a "cornerstone" of the strategy. He said new media reports showed nonprofit partners were preparing to open wellness hubs but calls to stop those private efforts appeared to come from the mayor's office. "Every single day that passes with a gap in overdose prevention services in the Tenderloin will place people at risk of potentially fatal overdoses," Preston said.
Breed replied that she "does support" safe consumption sites in principle and said she…
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